AgDay Daily Recap - 11/04/09
11/4/2009
TODAY ON AGDAY:
November 4, 2009
Value Added Wheat: AFTER YOU HARVEST YOUR GRAIN AND TRUCK IT TO THE ELEVATOR, DO YOU SEE HOW IT'S ACTUALLY USED? SOME OKLAHOMA WHEAT GROWERS KNOW EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE THEIR PRODUCT ENDS-UP. IN THIS REPORT PROVIDED BY OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, KATHY SHELTON SHOWS US HOW ONE GROUP IS ADDING VALUE TO THEIR PRODUCTS...AND NOT ALLOWING A SLUMPING- MARKET CONTROL THEIR FUTURES. http://www.vapcoop.com/
Climate Change: ALL REPUBLICANS, EXCEPT ONE, BOYCOTTED A COMMITTEE HEARING TUESDAY THAT WAS SET TO DEBATE A CLIMATE CHANGE BILL. REPUBLICANS ARE CONCERNED THE BILL'S ECONOMIC COSTS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY EXAMINED. REPUBLICAN SENATOR GEORGE VOINOVICH OF OHIO ATTENDED THE SESSION TO EXPLAIN THE GOP'S ARGUMENT FOR STAYING AWAY. COMMITTEE CHAIR, SENATOR BARBARA BOXER OF CALIFORNIA, SAYS THE EPA HAS ALREADY PROVIDED "A FULL BLOWN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS".
Arkansas disaster declaration: AFTER MONTHS OF RECORD RAIN AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING, ARKANSAS' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IS ASKING THAT A THIRD OF THE STATE'S COUNTIES BE DECLARED AGRICULTURAL DISASTER AREAS. THE LAWMAKERS ASKED AG SECRETARY TOM VILSACK TO DESIGNATE 26 OF 75 COUNTIES A "SECRETARIAL DISASTER". THE DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR EMERGENCY LOANS THROUGH THE FARM SERVICE AGENCY.
Machinery Minute: IN THIS MORNING'S MACHINERY MINUTE... FARMERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE MONEY ON IRRIGATION. IN THIS REPORT FROM THE USDA, BOB ELLISON TELLS US ABOUT A TOOL THAT MAY HELP.
BNSF purchase: IN AGRIBUSINESS... ONE OF THE LARGEST RAILWAY COMPANIES IN THE U-S COULD SOON BELONG TO ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN THIS COUNTRY. WARREN BUFFET'S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY SAYS IT HAS AGREED TO BUY BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE IN A DEAL WORTH WORTH 34 BILLION DOLLARS. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ALREADY OWNS ABOUT 22-PERCENT OF THE CLASS ONE RAILWAY. BUFFET'S COMPANY SAYS IT WILL PAY 100-DOLLARS A SHARE FOR THE REST OF THE COMPANY. B-N-S-F IS ONE OF THE TOP MOVERS OF AG PRODUCTS IN THIS COUNTRY. A COMPANY SPOKESPERSON SAYS IT SHIPPED 23 MILLION TONS OF WHEAT IN 2008. http://www.bnsf.com/investors/presentations/
BNSF-Transaction-Press-Release-11-03-2009.doc
Analysis: Bob Utterback, Utterback Marketing
800-832-1488
ATV giveaway: INSTEAD OF JUMPING INTO YOUR PICK-UP, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE A NEW A-T-V YOU TAKE THOSE SHORT TRIPS ON YOUR FARMING OPERATION? AGDAY IS GIVING AWAY THIS 2009 FOUR-TRAX HONDA RANCHER A-T. THIS IS A PERFECT TOOL FOR JUST ABOUT ANY SIZE OPERATION. IT HAS AUTOMATIC FIVE-SPEED TRANSMISSION, PLUS INDEPENDANT REAR SUSPENSION FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE RIDE. TO WIN, YOU MUST REGISTER ONLINE -- AGDAY-DOT-COM. THE WINNER WILL SELECTED LATER THIS MONTH.
In the Country: 4-H AND THE COLOR GREEN HAS ALWAYS GONE TOGETHER. YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THE ICONIC CLOVER TO KNOW THAT. NOW SOME TENNESSEE 4-H'ERS ARE "GOING GREEN" AS THEY LEARN ABOUT CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING. CHUCK DENNEY HAS DETAILS IN THIS REPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE. http://www.agriculture.utk.edu/
news/VideoReleases/0910_4hgreen.htm
Genome Pig: IN FOOD AND YOUR FAMILY... AFTER A 20 YEAR EFFORT, SCIENTISTS ARE GETTING A BETTER HANDLE ON THE GENETIC MAKE-UP OF SWINE. ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, A TEAM OF RESARCHERS HAVE PRODUCED THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE GENOME OF A DOMESTICATED PIG. THEY SAY THIS ACHIEVEMENT WILL LEAD TO NEW INSIGHTS IN AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE AND CONSERVATION. RESEARCHERS SAY THE INFORMATION WILL ALLOW THEM TO PINPOINT GENES THAT ARE USEFUL IN PORK PRODUCTION. IT WILL ALSO HELP PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO DISEASES THAT AFFLICT PIGS... AND SOMETIMES HUMANS.
Sukup Basketball: THEIR NAME IS FAMILIAR -- ESPECIALLY FOR FARMERS WITH ON-FARM GRAIN STORAGE. AND NOW, THE NAME SUKUP MAY SOON BE SEEN ON A NEW BASKETBALL COMPLEX AT IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY. I-S-U SAYS THE SUKUP FAMILY WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY DONORS FOR A NEW BASKETBALL COMPLEX AT THE SCHOOL. COMPANY FOUNDERS, EUGENE AND MARY SUKUP, SENT THEIR SONS TO IOWA STATE WHERE THEY RECEIVED ENGINEERING DEGREES. http://www.foundation.iastate.edu/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=9175
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